It feels like 2024 has passed in the blink of an eye. My last blog post was in February, and now somehow here we in are in late December. For me, routine has a habit of making time race forward while feeling almost stagnant. For much of 2024, I have been in a music phase…
Tag: life choices
In Essence
Growing up I always wanted my life to be extraordinary, like characters in the novels I lost myself in while trapped in the suffocating routine of an all-girls Presbyterian boarding school. For a while there, when things were really wild, it almost felt like I was. It was exhilarating and terrifying in equal parts. I…
When I Grow Up…
After many ups and downs I am starting to feel like I might be on the way to somewhere… at least for now.
The Perfect Love
I started trying to write this piece in January. It is now May. I don’t think I have ever sat on a piece of prose for so long. I’ve been having some D and M chats with a bunch of different close friends in this time and I guess this is the final result. It’s been a hard one to get my head around at times but I’m feeling a bit more positive about it all right now. Read Time: ~5mins
And Now for Something Completely Different….
A little shorter than usual, I was inspired by my time in Canada to change it up a bit…. read time: ~4mins
The paradox of choice and endless rabbit holes
I turned 28 years old, changed hemispheres, and went on an existential angst rant… read time: ~4mins
A Mediterranean Alpine Climbing Expedition: P4 to P11 – Bulgaria, Romania, BiH, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, and back to Chamonix
The last installment of the rock climbing road trip diaries. It’s been nothing like I expected but I am grateful for everything I learnt… read time: 10mins
My Cool Friends – V2: Rosie Hadfield
My cool friends is a tribute to all the talented people I know doing rad things, just because they can. I want you to know about them. I want you to be inspired by them.
Read time: 6mins
None of it Matters
Some days you watch the sunset on a prehistoric pillar in a UNESCO world heritage site, other days you find yourself bawling your eyes out in a cloud of mosquitoes, in the middle of nowhere, in a country where you can’t even understand the alphabet. You’re tired. You’re lonely. You want to go home. This life is a waste of time.
Then you write something like this. Feel a little better. Get up the next day and start again….